As the opioid epidemic intensified in recent years, more experts have acknowledged that the crisis is a public health emergency that will require a comprehensive strategy to address. While increased focus on public health has produced positive results, there are still many barriers within the system that limit prevention, treatment and recovery. Experts will discuss […]
The Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day Training webinar provides insight into the mission Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day and the ways in which you can make a difference fighting the opioid epidemic in your community. Panelists will share methods that participants can use to help educate their families, friends and communities.
This webinar will recognize National Recovery Month by focusing on many aspects of the process. Experts will discuss recovery from a clinical standpoint and a personal perspective, as well as key elements of recovery support and barriers that exist.
Dr. Wilson M. Compton, Deputy Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National Institutes of Health, will provide an overview of the opioid epidemic as part of New Jersey’s annual Knock Out Opioid Abuse Day on Opioid 6.
Experts will share information about successful prevention, treatment and recovery methods and programs that exist in New Jersey and nationally.
This webinar will revisit the topic of populations vulnerable to opioid use disorder, which had been covered in both the 2021 and 2022 Learning Series. Many groups, due to factors such as socioeconomic status, are more likely to suffer from the opioid epidemic. Experts will examine why that is the case and what is being […]
Learning opportunities in safe prescribing for physicians, dentists, nurses and any other medical practitioners authorized to prescribe opioid-based painkillers and inform all prescribers on the local laws that pertain to the prescribing of opioids.
